Inspired by the comic created by Jack Kirby, S.H.I.E.L.D. - the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate - is a secret law enforcement agency led by Nick Fury, who recruits aid from Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk.

While do I wish this upcoming show all the best, and hope it will be good, It is premature to say that this show will be "good and worthwhile entertainment", simply because of the people involved in producing it. Heck, it hasn't even been written yet, much less filmed. The viewers and critics will decide only after it has been aired, whether it will be good, mediocre, or lousy, and not before then.

You guys need to understand the type of Money Avengers was looking at, they are already breaking the normal fabric of things by pulling off an Avengers theater re release this weekend weeks before the DVD/BLU RAY release, they made UNGODLY amounts of money. Importing a high octane action packed TV show to further enhance the Movie universe that will net them 10 times the amount Avengers did over the next 5 years is much more important than trying to make a project that "Might work".

Whedon is the man, they know this, They would not order a pilot and make him a possible showrunner AND director AND front man of Avengers 2 if they were not confident he was going to have the means to deliver and have fanboys drooling while he does it.

The Samuel Jackson character interesting? Ha ha. You're kidding right? The original was a WWII veteran, and a member of the Howling Commandos. He's MUCH more interesting than putting in an obligatory black character with his name. If they wanted a black character, they could have used The Black Panther. He's been part of The Avengers any way.

How about we keep the far more interesting Sam Jackson version? And let's not pretend he was changed solely for the movies; the film character is based on the Nick Fury from the Ultimate Marvel universe.

Most people (well, those with more than 3 teeth) see characters in terms of far more than skin color. For Fury, his defining characteristic is that he's a bad a$$. Hence, Samuel Jackson. If the fact that he is black ruined it for you, well, I'm sure they'll make a movie for people with your mentality any day now. Maybe Dukes of Hazard 2.

it opens with Fury taking cover behind some garbage cans as hydra agents are letting him have it. he checks out his cigar and says Damn, this was a good one as he throws it away, bites off the head of another cigar, sticks it in his mouth as he rises with a gun in each hand and giving it back to hydra.

Of course the deal is with ABC – Disney owns MARVEL and Disney owns ABC – who else would the deal be with? Hard to contact other networks when the Mouse wants to keep all his stuff in house! Hopefully, they produce something good that people will want to watch!

I don't know if this will work.....I'm a huge fan of the Avengers, but what they should at least do is run short movie teasers (20-30 seconds) on ABC leading up to the movies in 2013-2015. Would get comic geeks to tune in to shows they normallly wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole.

I just want FIREFLY to return to my TV screen, and another SERENITY movie to hit the BIG screen. Same actors. Was cool to see Jane and Mal on CASTLE, but that show is fluffy and could never come close to what was done with the Firefly `verse! BROWCOATS UNITE!

Avengers being the biggest movie of the year = time to cash in while you can. I can see the quality of this series, the follow up individual movies for each superhero, and everything else going down hill very quickly as the studios will want to cash in as quickly as possible. Look at what has already happened to the 2nd Hunger Games movie.

It's good that Josh won't have high expectations in working a TV shows since he's done that already and understands the limitations from money to production aspects. However, being away from TV for so long, he's likely to get frustrated not being able to do what he's done on the big screen.

Sounds good to me! This is something I can actually get behind. I'm so sick of reality shows. It's nice to see a program with a creative plot line again. I wonder if they will get David Hasselhoff to play Nick Fury. (Just kidding!)

Sounds good! This is something I can actually get behind. I'm so sick of reality shows. It's nice to see a program with a creative plot line again. I wonder if they will get David Hasselhoff to play Nick Fury. (Just kidding!)